Fortress Europe: rs21 interviews Matt Carr

rs21’s Kate B interviews Matt Carr, author of Fortress Europe: Inside the War on Immigration. Discussion ranges from the policies of the EU and its member states towards migrants and refugees, how to vote in the upcoming referendum, and whether “Europe” as an idea and set of institutions can provide any kind of basis for progressive politics.

In the ten days since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, an anti-racist uprising has spread across the United States. Across the world, people are taking action in solidarity and mobilising against state racism.

The Hungarian parliament has passed new legislation that will eradicate any recognition of transgender people. Hanna Gál situates the new developments in the context of the far-right ruling parties’ hostility to ‘gender ideology’ and argues for a trans-inclusive feminist fightback.

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As the knock-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic make it impossible for many workers to pay rent while meeting their own basic needs, Allan Struthers examines the prospects for large-scale rent strikes in Britain